pervicacityn.

Brit.

/ˌpəːvᵻˈkasᵻti/, U.S.

/ˌpərvəˈkæsədi/

Forms: 1600s peruicacity, 1600s– pervicacity.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin pervicacitas.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin pervicacitas obstinacy (c1125 in a British source, 15th cent. in continental sources) < classical Latin pervicāc- , pervicāx (see pervicacious adj.) + -itās -ity suffix. Compare classical Latin pervicācia pervicacy n. Compare earlier pervicacy n.

Now rare.

The quality or state of being pervicacious; obstinacy; stubbornness; wilfulness.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > decision > obstinacy or stubbornness > [noun] > disobedient stubbornness

contumacec1230

unbuxomnessa1300

unbuxomheada1325

contumacyc1386

sturdinessa1400

stoutnessc1400

contumacityc1420

pervicacy1537

untractablenessa1600

pervicacity1604

contumation1618

refractariness1624

refractoriness1627

incorrigiblenessa1631

indocibleness1647

immorigerousness1649

contumaciousness1654

refracture1659

intractableness1664

unmanageableness1664

refractiveness1674

untractibleness1676

pervicaciousness1692

untreatableness1693

untractability1797

recalcitrancy1844

recalcitrance1845

1604 R. Parsons 3rd Pt. Treat. Conuersions in Treat. Three Conuersions Eng. II. iv. 175 Was heere constancy or pertinacity, perseuerance or peruicacity?

1660 H. More Explan. Grand Myst. Godliness vii. ix. 316 Which constancy of theirs he calls pervicaciam & inflexibilem obstinationem, a Pervicacity and inflexible Obstinacy.

1690 in Coll. Scarce & Valuable Tracts (1751) III. 56 To..force the stubborn and rebellious..to suffer Confinement for their Pervicacity.

1794 J. P. Andrews Hist. Great Brit. connected with Chronol. of Europe I. 172 A few warm words which Henry dropt on the occasion, tempted four of his knights to cross the channel, and finish the archbishop's pervicacity by beating out his brains.

1826 M. M. Sherwood Lady of Manor (ed. 2) IV. xx. 175 I never could account..for the strange pervicacity of his humour in rejecting every kind of refinement.

1877 F. H. Hedge Ways of Spirit 84 With the same pervicacity she turned a deaf ear to the cry for ‘reform in the head and members’.

1926 A. W. Reed Early Tudor Drama iii. 83 His ill-balanced enthusiasm and pervicacity were at length laughed at.

1970 Pomona (Calif.) Progress-Bulletin 13 Apr. 86/5 Proceeds went to the children and the Pat Walker pervicacity once more prevailed.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pervicacity
释义	pervicacityn. Brit. /ˌpəːvᵻˈkasᵻti/, U.S. /ˌpərvəˈkæsədi/ Forms: 1600s peruicacity, 1600s– pervicacity. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin pervicacitas. Etymology: < post-classical Latin pervicacitas obstinacy (c1125 in a British source, 15th cent. in continental sources) < classical Latin pervicāc- , pervicāx (see pervicacious adj.) + -itās -ity suffix. Compare classical Latin pervicācia pervicacy n. Compare earlier pervicacy n. Now rare. The quality or state of being pervicacious; obstinacy; stubbornness; wilfulness. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > obstinacy or stubbornness > [noun] > disobedient stubbornness contumacec1230 unbuxomnessa1300 unbuxomheada1325 contumacyc1386 sturdinessa1400 stoutnessc1400 contumacityc1420 pervicacy1537 untractablenessa1600 pervicacity1604 contumation1618 refractariness1624 refractoriness1627 incorrigiblenessa1631 indocibleness1647 immorigerousness1649 contumaciousness1654 refracture1659 intractableness1664 unmanageableness1664 refractiveness1674 untractibleness1676 pervicaciousness1692 untreatableness1693 untractability1797 recalcitrancy1844 recalcitrance1845 1604 R. Parsons 3rd Pt. Treat. Conuersions in Treat. Three Conuersions Eng. II. iv. 175 Was heere constancy or pertinacity, perseuerance or peruicacity? 1660 H. More Explan. Grand Myst. Godliness vii. ix. 316 Which constancy of theirs he calls pervicaciam & inflexibilem obstinationem, a Pervicacity and inflexible Obstinacy. 1690 in Coll. Scarce & Valuable Tracts (1751) III. 56 To..force the stubborn and rebellious..to suffer Confinement for their Pervicacity. 1794 J. P. Andrews Hist. Great Brit. connected with Chronol. of Europe I. 172 A few warm words which Henry dropt on the occasion, tempted four of his knights to cross the channel, and finish the archbishop's pervicacity by beating out his brains. 1826 M. M. Sherwood Lady of Manor (ed. 2) IV. xx. 175 I never could account..for the strange pervicacity of his humour in rejecting every kind of refinement. 1877 F. H. Hedge Ways of Spirit 84 With the same pervicacity she turned a deaf ear to the cry for ‘reform in the head and members’. 1926 A. W. Reed Early Tudor Drama iii. 83 His ill-balanced enthusiasm and pervicacity were at length laughed at. 1970 Pomona (Calif.) Progress-Bulletin 13 Apr. 86/5 Proceeds went to the children and the Pat Walker pervicacity once more prevailed. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1604
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